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- Feb 16, 2014
LOL, World Rankings mean very little. Denis Ten is ranked #4, and I doubt people would say whatever he's doing now is working fine. Same with Lipnitskaia, who is ranked #2 in the world.
Why? Denis won the Golden Spin of Zagreb and bronze at TEB. We don't know what he will do at 4CC. Julia's had a rough couple of months, but she still got 2 silver medals in the GP and made it to the final. And a rough patch doesn't negate everything they've accomplished previously, as long as it doesn't turn into a seasons-long "rough patch" (see: Florent Amodio). Every skater has ups and downs, but a pattern of general consistency and good results over 2-3 seasons must be worth something.
If you know of a more objective way to rank skaters, please share. I mean, you don't see mediocre skaters like Ivan Righini (sorry Ivan) near the top of the list for good reason. Maybe it doesn't mean much, but it surely means more than random GSer's personal biased opinions.